Embroidery-needle



(No Model.)

s. G. LEWIS. EMBROIDERY NEEDLE.

Patented Feb. 23, 1 897. 4

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rrn Srnrns SYLVESTER G. LEWIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

EMBROIDERY-NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,763, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed September 21, 1896. Serial No. 606,497. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER G. LEWIS, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Needles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to embroidery-needles; and it consists in the novel construction, com bination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my 1111- proved embroidery-needle. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective, illustrating the use of my improved embroidery-needle. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation, showing the part of the needle and the work which is not shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the point of the needle. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the point of the needle on an enlarged scale.

In the construction of my improved embroidery-needle I use the piece of line steel tubing 6, the lower end of which is beveled, forming the point 7. The upper end of the tube 6 is attached to the end 8 of the handle 9 by means of the solder 10. The handle consists of a wire bent into the form of a condensed U, and the tube 6 is placed in a parallel position with the end 8 of the handle and upon theinner side of said end before applying the solder.

A series of recesses 11 are drilled into the end 12 of the handle 9, and the upper end 13 of the wire 14 is bent at right angles to the body of said wire and is designed to be inserted in said recesses 11. The portion 15 of the wire which is below the end 13 lies in a position substantially parallel with the end 12 of the handle. The portion 16 of the wire is coiled several times around the end 12, and the portion 17 of the wire extends from the lower end of the portion 16 to the tube 6, and the portion 18 of the wire is coiled several times around said tube 6. The portions 16 and 18 form bearings, which bearings slide upon the end 12 and the tube 6, respectively, and the portion 18 of the wire forms a stop to regulate the depth to which the point 7 of the needle will pass through the work.

The needle is threaded for use by passing the yarn downwardly through the tube 6. The operator then grasps the handle 9 and pushes the point 7 through the cloth to the stop 18.

Upon withdrawing the point 7 from the cloth the loop 19 will be formed, and a continuation of the operation willform a series of loops, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The length of the loop is regulated by adjusting the stop 18 upon the tube 6, which adjustment is accomplished by moving the end 13 of the wire from one of the recesses 11 in the end 12 of the handle, sliding the stop 18 up or down, and reinserting said end 13 in the desired recess. As fast as the yarn is used in forming the loops 19 it is drawn through the tube 6 from the ball or spool. The yarn is carried through the cloth or other fabric by the point 7 cutting or forming a hole, and then the portion 20 of the tube, around which the yarn is wrapped, pushes this yarn through the hole thus formed. The needle being smooth both inside and out-,while the yarn is rough, the Withdrawing of the needle from the cloth will not withdraw the yarn.

I claim a An embroidery-needle, consisting of a tube beveled to a point at one end, a wire handle attached to the upper end of said tube, said wire handle being bent to bring its ends substantially into parallel planes and said handle having recesses or apertures in its end opposite the end to which said tube is attached, a wire having its upper end removably inserted in one of said recesses "and extending downwardly a short distance, then coiled around said end of said handle, then extending downwardly and coiled around said tube as required to form a stop to regulate the depth to which said tube Will penetrate the material, and said stop being adjustable up and down by removing the upper end of said wire from one of said recesses and inserting it in another, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER e. Lnwis.

WVitnesses:

E. E. LONGAN, S. G. WELLS. 

